ABOUT THE VILLA

This beautiful family villa matches Mediterranean design with English country house comfort, creating a very welcoming atmosphere and the best of indoor / outdoor living. Within the house, a cool natural colour palette is enhanced with richly patterned oriental rugs in the effortlessly elegant living room, and a charming country kitchen/diner is furnished with pine and bright pottery, and opens on to a covered rustic dining terrace. Each of the bedrooms has air conditioning and a ceiling fan, and the large and lovely master suite fills the first floor, enjoying exquisite views from its private balcony.
Outside, great cascades of brilliant bougainvillea tumble down walls and terraces and, beside the twelve metre infinity pool, an open-sided ‘pool house’ has a mini kitchenette, changing area and shaded al fresco sitting room overlooking the sea. In a very private position, Kardaki House is within easy reach of shops in Perithia and sports and nightlife in Kassiopi. A rough path leads down from the villa, through the olive groves, to the gently shelved sandy beach.

VILLA PRICE INCLUDES

Prices on the calendar below are for villa rental only and include maid service and a welcome pack.

Fewer of You?
Competitive prices are available outside July and August for smaller parties wishing to enjoy the space and privacy of our larger villas.

Travel and Additional services

Car hire can be pre-booked through CV Villas with collection at the airport or port of arrival, and in some cases the hire car can be delivered to the villa for an additional charge. Please ask for details.

There is no better way to explore the coastline and discover deserted bays and coves with their translucent water to add to the overall enjoyment of your holiday. Small boats and speedboats can be pre-booked with our UK office prior to departure and we recommend early reservations, especially in July and August, as availability is limited.

Corfu’s north coast, where the lower slopes of its highest mountain Pantocrator sink below the waves, is gentler than the north-east, and provides excellent bathing too. The stretch between Kalamaki and St. Spiridion faces the mountains of Albania stacked up across the straits; it is quiet and user-friendly, yet close enough to buzzing towns like Kassiopi and Roda for tastes of a party atmosphere. A holiday in Perithia, puts you in the island’s oldest village, sitting three kilometres behind and well above the coast, about half-way to Pantocrator’s summit.

Beaches

The Blue Flag beaches at Kalamaki (with its rickety jetty) then St. Spiridion, out towards Corfu’s most northerly point, are long and sandy. They are lapped on one side by shallow sea, which provides safe bathing, and on the other by olive groves. Both villages offer a range of shops and restaurants, and views of Albania’s mountains.

Kalamaki, Perithia & Agios Ioannis

Things to do

This is an area for visits to the beach punctuated by trips to bustling and pretty Kassiopi, or lively Roda. Sidari, with its water parks and eerie canals, is a short drive away. For a different Corfu experience, head up the mountain to 14th-century Perithia, and explore its abandoned houses, stripped of their inhabitants by generations of depopulation. Beyond it lies the summit of Mount Pantocrator, with views of the whole island, the mountains of Albania, and even the Italian coast, nearly 130km way.

Eating and drinking

Relaxation is the order of the day: long drinks at the beach, then al fresco dining with the stars and Albania’s lights twinkling. Kalamaki, St. Spiridion, and Perithia offer food similar in type: Greek staples such as mezzedes (small dishes of meat, fish, and vegetables), kleftiko (lamb cooked slowly in an outdoor oven), and sheftalia (a spicy baked sausage), with wine sometimes served in old-fashioned aluminium containers. Kalamaki and St. Spridion go in for village tavernas or terraced al fresco dining overlooking the sea. Perithia’s elevation, on the other hand, gives views across the whole of the north-east coast to the mountains opposite.

Nature

Around Perithia you will see buzzards circling lazily, and at night hear the rhythmical screech of the Scops owl. Swallows and housemartins nest under the eaves of houses. In coastal Kalamaki and St. Spiridion cormorants dive for fish, and lazier herring gulls follow the fishing boats in droves. Everywhere the cicada chorus is present, sometimes deafeningly so.